MRI fetal ea addl gestation at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
1101 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184622847
$576.10
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,646.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$170.82 with BCBS - TX vs $2,812.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $170.82 | ↓ -70% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $181.06 | ↓ -69% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $181.06 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage Exchange | $190.75 | ↓ -67% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $204.49 | ↓ -65% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|CHIP | $207.83 | ↓ -64% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $207.83 | ↓ -64% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $208.58 | ↓ -64% |
| UHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $208.58 | ↓ -64% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $211.99 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $214.71 | ↓ -63% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $239.00 | ↓ -59% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $242.63 | ↓ -58% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $278.49 | ↓ -52% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $284.73 | ↓ -51% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $320.06 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|Premier | $381.50 | ↓ -34% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $444.42 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|HMO | $586.48 | ↑ +2% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $595.53 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|PPO Trad | $620.65 | ↑ +8% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $648.43 | ↑ +13% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $648.43 | ↑ +13% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $674.86 | ↑ +17% |
| TCH | Commercial|Transplant | $740.70 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $773.62 | ↑ +34% |
| Shell | Commercial|All Plans | $823.00 | ↑ +43% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $905.30 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $905.30 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $905.30 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $987.60 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|KelseyCare | $1,004.06 | ↑ +74% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $1,015.00 | ↑ +76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $1,023.00 | ↑ +78% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $1,050.00 | ↑ +82% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $1,050.00 | ↑ +82% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,069.90 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $1,069.90 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $1,069.90 | ↑ +86% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|AP3 | $1,100.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $1,119.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $1,152.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,152.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $1,152.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $1,152.20 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,234.50 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,320.00 | ↑ +129% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,359.93 | ↑ +136% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,398.60 | ↑ +143% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $1,399.10 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,501.00 | ↑ +161% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $1,646.00 | ↑ +186% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $2,021.00 | ↑ +251% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,247.00 | ↑ +290% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,247.00 | ↑ +290% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,812.00 | ↑ +388% |
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MRI fetal ea addl gestation at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $576.10 | $131.68 – $1,646.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $200.40 – $284.70 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $204.49 – $306.05 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $477.93 | $204.49 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $654.40 | $134.70 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $577.07 | $204.49 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $477.93 | $204.49 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $654.40 | $218.80 – $2,149.00 |